(...found this little item tucked away in a corner of the way-back machine. this pogrom has the perenniality of crab-grass and each time the task force parachutes into my neighborhood i double the odds that i'll get shot in the head...wish me luck...jim)
"Operation targets weapons, violence
Repeat offenders focus of crackdown
Monday, January 24, 2000By Torsten Ove, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
"One hundred and fifty - that's roughly how many bad guys with guns are responsible for the bulk of the shootings in the Pittsburgh region, with its population of more than 2 million people.(...maybe the new task force will put the target on our chests...jim)
And those are the people - the 'bad actors,' in cop-speak - that a federal, state and local gun task force has identified as the violent repeat offenders authorities want to curtail, one way or another, under Operation Target.
Operation Target, cited by President Clinton as one of four model anti-gun programs nationwide, is a broad-based effort by the U.S. attorney's office and a dozen law enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal gun trafficking and gun violence. One aspect of the program is to make it clear to the shooters out there that they're being watched, and if they're caught with a gun, they're going to prison - in some cases federal prison.
'We're trying to influence behavior,' said U.S. Attorney Harry Litman. 'For me, our success will be measured in terms of a decrease in shootings in the community. If we have significantly fewer shootings a year from now, then [Operation] Target will have been a success.'"
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